Quicktime thumbnail

[David Emerling]

I have some Quicktime (.mov) videoclips I would like to make available on my
website.

Instead of creating a link and having it play in a new IE window (which I've
done), I want to the "link" to actually be the first frame of the
videoclip - like a thumbnail. When clicked, the videoclip immediately begins
to play, without having to switch pages or open a new IE window. The same
page remains on the screen, and the videoclip simply starts to play. Much
neater!

I've seen websites that do this with videoclips.

Is it difficult to do -and- can Frontpage do this?

Thanks!

David Emerling
Memphis, TN

 

[Jens Peter Karlsen[FP MVP]]

Can't be done with *.mov files. (Apart from the image to click on).
The type you have seen is done with Flash are generally very short and
in low quality so it doesn't take too long to download. Depending on
what you want to show you may want to look into streaming media instead.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia/

Frontpage can insert the Flash movie on a page but it can of course not
create it.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

 

[Dr. Phyto]

Dear David and Jens;

I am having trouble importing mov files (see thread Importing Multimedia
Files). Actually, I forced them in using windows explorer, and then
recalculated hyperlinks. FP saw them, so I thought everything was ok till i
tried publishing. Server times out after a few minutes. Have you had trouble
importing multimedia of 2 to 4 meg files? I am using fp2000.

Can't be done with *.mov files. (Apart from the image to click on).
The type you have seen is done with Flash are generally very short and
in low quality so it doesn't take too long to download. Depending on
what you want to show you may want to look into streaming media instead.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia/

Frontpage can insert the Flash movie on a page but it can of course not
create it.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Emerling [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 12. februar 2005 06:40
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.programming
Conversation: Quicktime thumbnail
Subject: Quicktime thumbnail


I have some Quicktime (.mov) videoclips I would like to make
available on my website.

Instead of creating a link and having it play in a new IE
window (which I've done), I want to the "link" to actually be
the first frame of the videoclip - like a thumbnail. When
clicked, the videoclip immediately begins to play, without
having to switch pages or open a new IE window. The same page
remains on the screen, and the videoclip simply starts to
play. Much neater!

I've seen websites that do this with videoclips.

Is it difficult to do -and- can Frontpage do this?

Thanks!

David Emerling
Memphis, TN

 

[Jens Peter Karlsen[FP MVP]]

Known problem with FP2000. You can't import files over 1MB.
You can use FTP to upload the *.mov files and then open the online Web
in FP and do a Tools | Recalculate Hyperlinks. Only other Solution is to
upgrade.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dr. Phyto [mailto[email protected]]
Posted At: 13. marts 2005 21:43
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.programming
Conversation: Quicktime thumbnail
Subject: Re: Quicktime thumbnail


Dear David and Jens;

I am having trouble importing mov files (see thread Importing
Multimedia Files). Actually, I forced them in using windows
explorer, and then recalculated hyperlinks. FP saw them, so I
thought everything was ok till i tried publishing. Server
times out after a few minutes. Have you had trouble importing
multimedia of 2 to 4 meg files? I am using fp2000.

Can't be done with *.mov files. (Apart from the image to click on).
The type you have seen is done with Flash are generally very short and
in low quality so it doesn't take too long to download. Depending on
what you want to show you may want to look into streaming media instead.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmedia/

Frontpage can insert the Flash movie on a page but it can of course
not create it.

Regards Jens Peter Karlsen. Microsoft MVP - Frontpage.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Emerling [mailto:[email protected]]
Posted At: 12. februar 2005 06:40
Posted To: microsoft.public.frontpage.programming
Conversation: Quicktime thumbnail
Subject: Quicktime thumbnail


I have some Quicktime (.mov) videoclips I would like to make
available on my website.

Instead of creating a link and having it play in a new IE window
(which I've done), I want to the "link" to actually be the first
frame of the videoclip - like a thumbnail. When clicked, the
videoclip immediately begins to play, without having to switch pages
or open a new IE window. The same page remains on the screen, and
the videoclip simply starts to play. Much neater!

I've seen websites that do this with videoclips.

Is it difficult to do -and- can Frontpage do this?

Thanks!

David Emerling
Memphis, TN